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Set in 1969, "CQ" is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a femme fatale spy movie. Sitting on the periphery of the tumult is Paul (Jeremy Davies), an editor and second-unit director working a small, personal film of his own in his dreary Parisian apartment. He has dreams of making a hot, personal movie  his own life as a series of journal entries  and is so self-obsessed that he's almost paralyzed by the real world. The film, Roman Coppola's directorial debut, has a pixilated spirit; the filmmaker splatters the scene with his love for the movies, comic books and music, and the movie vibrates with that affection. These elements are the building blocks of pop, and he uses a dry, sharp wit to delineate the story. — Elvis Mitchell